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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞjóðA Magnfl 8II

Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Magnússflokkr 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 73-4.

Þjóðólfr ArnórssonMagnússflokkr
789

text and translation

Lǫgðu (grœðis glóða)
gramr ok jarl fyr skǫmmu
(þar kom bitr á bǫrva
brandleikr) saman randir,
svát manþinga munðut
merkjendr Heðins serkjar
— herr náði gný gørva
geirs — orrostu meiri.

Gramr ok jarl lǫgðu saman randir fyr skǫmmu; {bitr brandleikr} kom þar á {bǫrva {glóða grœðis}}, svát {{{{Heðins man}þinga} serkjar} merkjendr} munðut meiri orrostu; herr náði gørva {gný geirs}.
 
‘The king and the jarl clashed shields a short time ago; biting sword-sport [BATTLE] came there upon the trees of the embers of the ocean [GOLD > MEN], so that stainers of the shirt of the assembly of Heðinn’s <legendary hero’s> maiden [(lit. ‘of Heðinn’s maiden-assembly’) = Hildr > BATTLE > ARMOUR > WARRIORS] did not remember a greater battle; the army got to carry out tumult of the spear [BATTLE].

notes and context

Magnús engages with Sveinn Úlfsson in a fierce sea-battle off Århus (Áróss).

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editions and texts

Skj: Þjóðolfr Arnórsson, 1. Magnúsflokkr 8: AI, 363, BI, 334, Skald I, 168, NN §2265C; Hkr 1893-1901, III, 54, IV, 195-6, ÍF 28, 48, Hkr 1991, 587 (Mgóð ch. 30), F 1871, 185, E 1916, 27; Fms 6, 76 (Mgóð ch. 38), Fms 12, 133-4.

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